By Reuf Bajrovic on December 11, 2009
Fourteen years on from the Dayton Accords, Bosnia’s political crisis threatens a renewal of extreme nationalism in the run-up to next year’s elections. The U.S. and the E.U. are still committed to the Butmir process, U.S. assistant secretary of state Philip Gordon said this week. But, in this guest posting, Sarajevo-based analyst Reuf Bajrovic argues that [read full story]
Posted in Bosnia, European Union, Guest Post, democracy support |
By Brandon Yoder on November 13, 2009
Although tensions between Colombia and Venezuela have flared up repeatedly in recent years, they appeared to approach boiling point when Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez ordered his country’s military to prepare for war against its neighbor on Sunday. While Chávez has long accused Colombian President Álvaro Uribe of being a proxy of the U.S., he pointed [read full story]
Posted in Featured, Guest Post, Latin America and the Carribean, Venezuela, populism |
By David Lowe on November 9, 2009
Iran’s fraudulent presidential election last summer has spawned ongoing street protests and mass demonstrations, as students, women, human rights activists, workers, and many others have mobilized to challenge the corrupt clerical and political establishment that rules the country. Radio Farda reported last week that on November 2nd, ten members of the One Million Signatures Campaign [read full story]
Posted in Featured, Guest Post, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Regions | Tagged iran, Iranian democrats, One Million Signatures Campaign |
By David Lowe on August 3, 2009
Rebiya Kadeer is a slightly built, 62-year-old grandmother who lives in the Washington, D.C. suburbs.
To the authorities in Beijing, Kadeer is a terrorist, an Islamic radical, and a separatist for her activities on behalf of her fellow Uyghurs, a Turkic ethnic group whose historic homeland is in Western China. They blame her for the recent [read full story]
Posted in Asia, China, Guest Post, Human rights, Regions, authoritarianism, dissidents | Tagged china, Rebiya Kadeer, Uyghur |
By Michael Mitchell on May 28, 2009
Domestically for Mongolia, Sunday’s election was a confirmation of a fledgling democratic process, writes Michael Mitchell of Orion Strategies, in this guest posting. Nearly 75% of eligible voters (1.7 million) went to the polls–many on horseback or riding camels to cast their vote. Nomadic herdsmen make up a third of the population.
Knocking off a sitting [read full story]
Posted in Asia, Elections, Guest Post | Tagged Democratic Party, Mongolia, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Vladimir Putin |
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